Ms Annie Au Wing-chi, winner of PolyU Faculty of Business Outstanding Young Alumni Award and MGT alumni, won the Gold Medal with her teammates in Women’s Squash team Event, Asian Games 2018, Jakarta Palembang

Public Lecture by Prof. Hsing Kenneth CHENG – “The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic “The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective” presented by Prof. Hsing Kenneth Cheng, John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar Chair, Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida on 28 August 2018 in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: Net neutrality, defined as prohibiting broadband service providers from charging websites for preferential access to their customers, has been under fierce debate. President Trump's recent move to abolish net neutrality raises the debate and political wrestling to a new high. In this lecture, I will provide an overview of historical background and how the debate on net neutrality has evolved since 2006, and offer the key findings from a series of my research in this hot topic.     MORE DETAILS

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Cocktail Reception 2018

MM held a Cocktail Reception in the Academy of Management Annual Meeting on 11 August 2018 in Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, US.   MORE DETAILS

BBA Marketing student, JC CHAN Wing Tung participated in “SING! CHINA” (中國好聲音)

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Taught Postgraduate Admission for 2019/2020

Master of Science in Human Resource Management   Entrance Requirements A Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualifications, preferably with at least one year of relevant work experience. Applicants, normally aged 27 or above, with other post-secondary qualifications and at least 6 years of work experience in industry, commerce or public administration, including 3 years in a managerial capacity, will also be considered. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University's minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the “Admissions Requirements” section at Study@PolyU for details. Suitable candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews.   Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to  website for the application details of individual programmes.     Master of Science in Marketing Management Entrance Requirements Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent academic / professional qualifications. There is no restriction on their background -- business, engineering, social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, law and others are all acceptable. Priority will be given to applicants with relevant work experience. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by an institution where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section at Study@PolyU for details. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews. Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to Study@PolyU website for the application details of individual programmes.     Master of Science in Business Analytics Entrance Requirements Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic / professional qualifications, preferably with at least one year of relevant work experience. Applicants, normally aged 27 or above, with other post-secondary qualifications and at least 6 years of work experience in industry, commerce or public administration, including 3 years in a managerial capacity, will also be considered. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by an institution where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section at Study@PolyU for details. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews. Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to Study@PolyU website for the application details of individual programmes.       APPLY

Public Lecture by Prof. C. Nathan DEWALL– “The Pain of Rejection: Breaking and Restoring Social Bonds”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic "The Pain of Rejection: Breaking and Restoring Social Bonds" presented by Prof. C. Nathan DeWall, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Psychology Lab, University of Kentucky & Visiting Chair Professor in Department of Management and Marketing, PolyU on 23 May 2018 in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: Most people crave social acceptance. Like a sweet snack, social acceptance is pleasant, rewarding, and, in moderate amounts, associated with good health. Social rejection thwarts the fundamental need for positive and lasting relationships, which strikes at the core of well-being. The current talk presents a program of research on the power of social rejection in shaping cognition, emotion, and behavior. The first section demonstrates how social rejection influences a variety of inner responses, including self-regulation. The second section discusses how responses to social rejection share common overlap with physical pain processes. The final section illustrates how people cope with social rejection. I conclude by addressing how social exclusion affects cognition, emotion and behavior within consumer and organizational contexts.     MORE DETAILS

7th Symposium of the Centre for Leadership & Innovation “New Forms of Team and Organizational Membership”

MM Research Centre "Centre for Leadership & Innovation" organized its 7th annual symposium, themed "New Forms of Team and Organizational Membership" on 2 March 2018 in Multi-function Hall, Alumni Atrium, Chung Sze Yuen Building. The event attracted more than 80 researchers, students and business executives from different universities, professional organizations and companies. This year, it has invited Prof. Gilad Chen, Robert H. Smith Chair in Organization Behavior, University of Maryland & Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Psychology, to be our keynote speakers. The keynote topic is "Multiple team membership and empowerment spillover effects: Can empowerment processes cross team boundaries?"     MORE DETAILS

Public Lecture by Prof. Peter BAMBERGER – “Pay Secrecy, Signaling and Employee Turnover at the Individual and Firm Levels: The Moderating Role of Distributive Justice Climate”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic "Pay Secrecy, Signaling and Employee Turnover at the Individual and Firm Levels: The Moderating Role of Distributive Justice Climate" presented by Prof. Peter Bamberger, Professor of Management and Organizations School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University & Research Director, Smithers Institute, Cornell University on 26 February 2018 in M802, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: The relationship between pay and human capital resources is well established, with pay mix, level and structure serving as important levers by which employers may attract, develop, retain and leverage the individual and unit-level capacities associated with organizational effectiveness. However, we know little about the impact of pay communication practices such as pay secrecy (PS), on these same outcomes. This is problematic in that the motivational and sorting effects of compensation are largely contingent upon employee pay perceptions, with pay communication practices serving as a key mechanism by which employers may influence such perceptions. We address this gap in pay communication research by examining the association between individual and firm-level PS perceptions/practices and both individual-level turnover intentions, and enterprise-level turnover rates. Building on signaling theory, we argue that a key pay-related facet of the organizational climate, namely the distributive justice climate (DJC) or employees' shared fairness perceptions of the allocation of organizational rewards colors how employees frame PS, and thus plays a key role in determining the impact of PS on turnover. More specifically, we argue that PS may be interpreted as indicative of "sinister" intentions on the part of the employer, thus generally motivating employees to consider alternative employment opportunities and take advantage of opportunities available to them. However, we also expect that DJC may be used to help interpret the uncertain, weak signals associated with PS with the generally positive effect of PS (relative to transparency) on turnover intentions and rates amplified under conditions of high DJC. This is because while transparency facilitates the validation of low distributive justice perceptions (thus eliciting higher turnover intentions and rates), the certainty effect elicited by PS dampens any tendency towards action that might otherwise be primed by low DJC. We use data collected from management and workers (n=1,784) in 88 Chinese firms to test our hypotheses.     MORE DETAILS

Professional Mentorship Programme – Guest Lecture by Dr. Thomas Leung & Dr. Thomas Man

Date: 5 Feb 2018 (Mon) Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Venue: Staff Club, PolyU     MORE DETAILS

Alumni Gathering – Beer Brewing Workshop

Date: 27 Jan 2018 (Sat) Time: 14:00 – 17:00 Venue: Staff Club, PolyU This is a reunion event for MM alumni to catch up with each other's lives, share personal anecdotes, reacquaint themselves with all that is developing at MM, as well as to have the fun of bottling their own beer.     MORE DETAILS